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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in electronic educational technology are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOCs are normally 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 quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Utah to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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