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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners 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 a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Mauritania to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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