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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily 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 numerous topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Indonesia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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