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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free 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 several topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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