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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in digital education technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are usually 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 quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to consider now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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