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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in digital education technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily 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 several subjects that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Scottsdale Community College to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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