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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in digital education technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily 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 variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are considering now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines 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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