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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic education technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners 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 numerous issues that online education institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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