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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in electronic education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are generally free for students 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 e-learning technology organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Professors want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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