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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education enable people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free but do not always 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 topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Academics want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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