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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have enabled students all over the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are typically free for learners 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 several topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Renton Technical College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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