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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are mostly 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 issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these fascinating new open education ventures. Scholars want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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