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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online education have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually 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 a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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