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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students 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 a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ukraine to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Educators want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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