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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in elearning have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always 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 several issues that learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education initiatives. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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