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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online education make it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are generally 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 a lot of subjects that elearning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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