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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly 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 issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Denmark to conduct these massive open online courses? How can organizations manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better comprehend these important new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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