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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not consistently 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 quite a few issues that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Brunei to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Scholars want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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