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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in digital education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are 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 several topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Meetup to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better understand these fascinating new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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