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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in e-learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are usually 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 many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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