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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in electronic educational technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally 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 many topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. People want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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