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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are normally 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 several issues that elearning institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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