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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free 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 a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are struggling with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Santa Clara University to conduct these MOOCs? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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