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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in online education are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are 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 quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgetown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these important new open education undertakings. Academics want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also researches the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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