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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in digital education technology make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive open 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 a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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