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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in e-learning are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free 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. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology institutions must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Bowling Green State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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