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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in online learning have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free for learners 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 numerous topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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