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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free for learners 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 quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Namibia to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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