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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in elearning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are usually 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 must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Hungary to conduct these MOOC classes? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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