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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in digital education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily 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 quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Clemson University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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