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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always 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 online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Mali to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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