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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free for students 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. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like American Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open educational initiatives. Academics want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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