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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in e-learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are normally 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 quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Benin to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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