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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in elearning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are normally 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 numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Gibraltar to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this developing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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