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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are normally 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 issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Belize to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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