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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are typically free for students 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. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Meetup to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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