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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology have empowered students all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are normally 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to understand these new open education undertakings. Professors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This book also explores the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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