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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free 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 a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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