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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students 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 many issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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