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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are free for learners 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 subjects that online education organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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