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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in digital education technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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