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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in electronic education technology are enabling students all around the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners 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 many issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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