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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in elearning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOC classes are generally 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 a variety of issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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