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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free 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 several topics that learning technology institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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