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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are normally 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 issues that elearning technology institutions are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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