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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in online education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently 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 quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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