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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in e-learning have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses online. 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 technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Gambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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