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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in elearning have empowered students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 several topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Andorra to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better understand these new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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