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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in online education technology enable students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better understand these exciting new open educational undertakings. Academics want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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