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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are almost always 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 lot of issues that elearning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Utah Valley University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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