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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in elearning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are mostly 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 quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like The Bahamas to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open education ventures. People want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to 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 education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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