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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not always 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 numerous issues that online education organizations are considering today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these important new open education ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the 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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