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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in online education technology have empowered students all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are normally 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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