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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in elearning are empowering people all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are usually 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 subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better grasp these compelling new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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