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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in online learning have made it possible for learners all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners 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 variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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