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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in elearning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently 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 issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Vanuatu to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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