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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students 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 several issues that elearning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education ventures. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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