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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners 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 numerous issues that online education institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education endeavours. Researchers want to know how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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