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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free 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 several subjects that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these interesting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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