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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in electronic educational technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes 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 lot of issues that elearning organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Palau to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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