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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in digital education technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently 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 topics that elearning technology organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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