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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are dealing with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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