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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in e-learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually 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 a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better grasp these interesting new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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