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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in elearning are enabling students in all parts of the world to take classes online. These MOOC 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 quite a few issues that elearning institutions are struggling with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these significant new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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