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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are generally free 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 numerous issues that online education institutions are considering today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Lucia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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