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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are generally free for students 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 numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these exciting new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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