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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning enable students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily 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 many issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Malaysia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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