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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 topics that online learning technology organizations are considering today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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