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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are free for students 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 subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these open educational ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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