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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in elearning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly 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 issues that elearning institutions must deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Utah Valley University to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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