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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are usually 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 quite a few subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Guadeloupe to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Professors want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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