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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic educational technology enable students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Saint Martin to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these fascinating new open education ventures. Professors want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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