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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in elearning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are typically 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 several issues that elearning organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education ventures. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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