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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive 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 a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Panama to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to understand these open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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