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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses 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 quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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