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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in e-learning technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently 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 topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these open education endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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