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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC 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 quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Renton Technical College to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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