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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently 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 quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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