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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly 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 a variety of issues that online education institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to be more aware of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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