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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in elearning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily 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 several subjects that learning technology institutions have to consider today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these new open education undertakings. Scholars want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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