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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in online education have empowered people all over the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are almost always 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 a lot of topics that online learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open education undertakings. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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