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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in electronic educational technology have empowered humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are customarily 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 e-learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also researches the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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