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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners 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 many issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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