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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education are making it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are free for learners 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that learning technology institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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