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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free 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 subjects that elearning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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