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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in elearning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are 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 a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Denmark to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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