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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take courses 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. These MOOC courses are generally free for students 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 several topics that online education organizations are struggling with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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