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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free 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 many topics that online learning technology institutions are considering today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Clemson University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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