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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in e-learning have enabled students all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses 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 a variety of issues that elearning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Grenada to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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