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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online learning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are 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. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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