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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in elearning are enabling learners all around the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are typically free for learners 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 quite a few subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these important new open education endeavours. Universities want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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