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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are typically free for students 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 many subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Jamaica to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better grasp these intriguing new open education initiatives. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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