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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students 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 e-learning institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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