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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic education technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are typically free 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Educators want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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