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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in electronic education technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Meetup to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better understand these compelling new open education initiatives. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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