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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in elearning have provided the means for humans all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily 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 numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Ecotech Institute to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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