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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online learning enable students in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily 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 quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Ireland to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these open education undertakings. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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