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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online learning are enabling students in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. 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 elearning technology institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Central African Republic to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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