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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are 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 a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a growing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this crescive need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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