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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily 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 a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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