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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in digital education technology have made it possible for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are commonly 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 many subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Trainers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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