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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are generally free but do not 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 several subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massive open online courses? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational ventures. Corporations want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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