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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are generally 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. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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