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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in elearning technology make it possible for learners all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are almost always 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 quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guernsey to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these important new open education endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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