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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically 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. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Academics want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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