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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in e-learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently 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 several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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