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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning have enabled people all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are customarily free 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 several topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Universities want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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