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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always 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 topics that distance learning institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Venezuela to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to understand these significant new open educational initiatives. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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