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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in digital education technology have enabled learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are normally 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 numerous topics that learning technology organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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