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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online education technology have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are generally 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 topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Case Western Reserve University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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