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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in e-learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are normally 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 a variety of subjects that elearning organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other participants would like to understand these significant new open education endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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