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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in digital education technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently 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 issues that e-learning technology organizations are considering now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also researches the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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