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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in elearning technology are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Norway to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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