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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are mostly 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 a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Martinique to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education undertakings. Educators want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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