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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs 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 numerous issues that e-learning institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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