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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in e-learning enable learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free 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 quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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