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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic education technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. 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 subjects that e-learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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