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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in elearning are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students 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 lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other participants want to better perceive these important new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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