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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students 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 numerous subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better grasp these exciting new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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