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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in elearning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive online courses are generally free for learners 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 quite a few issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Broward College to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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