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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online learning have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free 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 quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Wellesley College to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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