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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education technology have enabled people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly 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 subjects that elearning technology organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Berklee College of Music to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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