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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are normally free for students 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 a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Indonesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these interesting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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