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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic education technology are making it possible for students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always 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 numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Benin to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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