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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in e-learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for students 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 a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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