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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC 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 a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Fiji to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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