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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free 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 several subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peru to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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