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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology are empowering students all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students 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 subjects that learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Utah Valley University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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