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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning are enabling people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners 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 quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education undertakings. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the key 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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