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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in online learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not 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 topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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