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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free 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 numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Swaziland to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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