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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are normally free for learners 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 several subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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