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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in electronic education technology enable humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free 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 numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Jarvis Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these open educational endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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