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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free for students 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 quite a few subjects that elearning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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