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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are free 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 subjects that elearning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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