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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online education make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally 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 several issues that online learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Switzerland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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