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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology are empowering students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners 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 quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Spain to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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