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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners 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 several subjects that distance learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Lucia to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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