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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly 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 a lot of topics that online education institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. People want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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