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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people all over the world to take part in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are usually free 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 numerous subjects that learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to better perceive these significant new open educational ventures. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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