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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions are having to consider now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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