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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually 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 several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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