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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in e-learning enable humans in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually 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 many issues that elearning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better perceive these promising new open education undertakings. Universities want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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