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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in distance learning are enabling humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not consistently 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 many issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Open2Study to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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