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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not 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 topics that elearning institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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