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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online learning technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are usually free for students 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 many issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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