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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Open2Study to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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