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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are commonly 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 quite a few topics that elearning institutions have to consider today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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