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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in elearning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually 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 lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Angola to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to better understand these promising new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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