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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily 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 quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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