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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in digital education technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These MOOCs are customarily 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 a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Babson College to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Corporations want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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