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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in distance learning technology are enabling students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are free 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 quite a few topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peninsula College to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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