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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education make it possible for humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly 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 quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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