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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online 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 several issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Greece to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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