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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online learning have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are usually 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. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Nauru to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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