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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology enable learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs 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 a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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