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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online learning enable students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are 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 several topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of South Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines 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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