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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are mostly free for learners 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 several issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Pierre and Miquelon to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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