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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically 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 subjects that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like McHenry County College to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also considers the most important 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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