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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online education are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are free for students 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 a variety of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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