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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in digital education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not 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 subjects that distance learning organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Universities want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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