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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for students 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 a lot of issues that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Diego to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better perceive these exciting new open education undertakings. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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