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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are typically 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 numerous subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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