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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in online education are enabling humans in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are typically free 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 issues that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Ecotech Institute to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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