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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs 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 several issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Ashmore and Cartier Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This sensational new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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