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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in elearning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are customarily 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 a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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