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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in electronic education technology enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these exciting new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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