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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online learning are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are typically 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 many issues that online learning institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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