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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in e-learning have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for students 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 several issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Angola to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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