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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in e-learning technology are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for learners 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 a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these open education undertakings. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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