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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning technology are empowering students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free 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 a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Jordan to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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