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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free 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 e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these open educational ventures. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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