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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are 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 a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Somaliland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better comprehend these intriguing new open education endeavours. Scientists want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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