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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in e-learning technology have enabled humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many subjects that elearning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Hong Kong to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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