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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are ordinarily 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 quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like San Marino to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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