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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education have empowered students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are typically free 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 many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Rochester to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open educational ventures. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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