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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently 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 variety of topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better grasp these open educational initiatives. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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