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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in e-learning are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily 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 quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Elidaemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Educators want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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