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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in online education enable learners in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free 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 many subjects that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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