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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses 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 a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Monaco to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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