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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education are empowering students all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are mostly 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 several issues that learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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