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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently 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 topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Academics want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This amazing new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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