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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in digital education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Mozambique to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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