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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in e-learning make it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are ordinarily 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 a variety of topics that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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