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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online education enable students all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes 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 quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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