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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners 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 a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open education initiatives. Instructors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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