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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in e-learning are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always 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 issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Educators want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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