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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in digital education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are 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 numerous issues that e-learning organizations are considering today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these interesting new open education ventures. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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