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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC 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 topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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