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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not 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 many issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cook Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better perceive these exciting new open education ventures. Universities want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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