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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always 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 issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Professors want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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