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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in digital education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners 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 learning technology organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Vanuatu to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Public servants want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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