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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students 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 many topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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