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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in electronic education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for students 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 quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education ventures. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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