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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in elearning are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are customarily 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 numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these interesting new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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