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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning are empowering people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually 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 quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to understand these important new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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