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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in e-learning technology are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily 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 numerous topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Netherlands Antilles to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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