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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education have enabled students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free but do not always 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 organizations must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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