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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in elearning have enabled students in nations all aver the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always 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 distance learning organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Ecuador to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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