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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in elearning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC classes are generally free for learners 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 numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can we certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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