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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in e-learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are generally free but do not consistently 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 topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Santa Clara University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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