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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning have made it possible for students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually 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 a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these important new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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