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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically 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 several subjects that elearning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Northwestern University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education undertakings. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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