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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently 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 subjects that learning technology institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the 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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