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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free 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 numerous subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these important new open education initiatives. People want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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