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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic educational technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are almost always free for students 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 topics that online learning organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of South Florida to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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