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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always 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 variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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