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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic educational technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners 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 a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these fascinating new open education endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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