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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in elearning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for students 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 many subjects that online education institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Haiti to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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