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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in electronic educational technology enable people all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are 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 several issues that elearning organizations are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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