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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic education technology make it possible for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free for students 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 topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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