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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic education technology have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These MOOCs are free for learners 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 topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Martinique to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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