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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are free for students 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 elearning organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Norway to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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