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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online education are enabling learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. 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 are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Scholars want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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