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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in elearning technology are enabling people all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily 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 many issues that elearning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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