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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online education have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are free 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 numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Utah Valley University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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