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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic educational technology enable people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly 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 a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational ventures. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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