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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in digital education technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are generally free for students 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 a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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