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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually 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 several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these open educational ventures. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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