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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education enable learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students 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 a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions have to consider today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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