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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in digital education technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners 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 many issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Algeria to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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