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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in electronic education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly 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 a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to understand these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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