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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually 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 many topics that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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