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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in online education have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are ordinarily 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 a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can teachers certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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