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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not 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 variety of subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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