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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in online education technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are ordinarily 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 distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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