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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in electronic education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses 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 a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these compelling new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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