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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online learning have enabled people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily 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 many topics that e-learning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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