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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are typically free for students 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 quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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