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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology have enabled learners all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always 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 issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like San Diego State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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