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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education have enabled students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are normally free 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. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to better understand these exciting new open education undertakings. Educators want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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