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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in elearning are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners 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 a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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