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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in digital education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students 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 topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Elidaemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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