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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally 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 topics that elearning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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