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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in electronic educational technology have enabled humans in nations all aver the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free 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 numerous subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Kirkwood Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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