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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massively 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 many issues that elearning institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Jordan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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