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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in elearning are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are normally 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 several subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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