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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online education technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily 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 quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Mali to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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