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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always 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 a variety of issues that elearning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Pitcairn Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Academics want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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