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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education technology are enabling students all over the world to participate in courses 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 many topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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