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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in electronic education technology make it possible for humans in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free 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 several issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Malaysia to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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