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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not always 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 a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like The University of Chicago to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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