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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic education technology have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free 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 lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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