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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in e-learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free for students 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 many subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like French Guiana to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Students want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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