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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online learning are enabling students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are generally 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 e-learning organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Wake Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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