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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education are empowering students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for learners 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 topics that online education institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like British Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better understand these new open educational undertakings. Students want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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