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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in e-learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not 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 a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. People want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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