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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in e-learning enable people all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are commonly 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 a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better understand these significant new open educational ventures. Students want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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