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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic education technology have enabled people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not 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 many subjects that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better grasp these new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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