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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. 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 several topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to understand these important new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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