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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online learning have enabled students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are normally 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 learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Guyana to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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