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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in electronic education technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Laos to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Students want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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