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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education enable students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for students 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 quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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