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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly 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 numerous topics that online education institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Martinique to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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