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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in elearning have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free 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 many issues that e-learning organizations are considering today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to understand these significant new open educational undertakings. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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