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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently 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 many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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