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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online education are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are 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 a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Latvia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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