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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always 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 issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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