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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in e-learning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are typically free for learners 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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