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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in e-learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are almost always 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 many issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Davidson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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