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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in electronic education technology make it possible for students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily 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 issues that e-learning organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Lesotho to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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