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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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