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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in digital education technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are mostly free for students 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 many issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Liberia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these compelling new open education endeavours. People want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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