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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online education are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not 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 elearning technology institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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