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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. 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 online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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