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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in digital education technology have enabled learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students 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 a lot of subjects that elearning institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Oman to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education ventures. Lecturers want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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