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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners 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 lot of topics that elearning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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