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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free 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 several issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Dominican Republic to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to be more aware of these exciting new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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