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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are typically free for learners 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. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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