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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education are providing the means for humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are normally 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 subjects that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better understand these interesting new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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