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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning enable humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not 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 subjects that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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