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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily 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 topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like El Salvador to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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