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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Baker Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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