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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOC courses are customarily 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 numerous topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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