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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are ordinarily 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 quite a few subjects that online education institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like New Caledonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Educators want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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