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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not 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 lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these promising new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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