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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners 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 several issues that elearning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of New Mexico to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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