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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students 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 online learning organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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