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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in elearning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses 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 numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Netherlands Antilles to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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