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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sudan to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better understand these open educational initiatives. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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