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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online education have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are almost always 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 numerous issues that online education organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also talks about 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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