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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students 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 many topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Emory University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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