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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online learning make it possible for students in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are usually 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 topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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