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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning enable people all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are typically free 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Excelsior College to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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