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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education have provided the means for students all around the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are almost always free 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 many issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Puerto Rico to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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