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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners 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 a lot of topics that online education organizations are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education ventures. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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