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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning are empowering learners all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are 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 many subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open education undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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