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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in learning technology enable students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these open education experiments. Researchers want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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