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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic educational technology make it possible for people all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are normally free for students 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 numerous subjects that online learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Corporations want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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