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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are typically free 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 topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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