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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are mostly 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 quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also talks about 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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