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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily 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 quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Somaliland to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Academics want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this expanding need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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