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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning technology make it possible for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are typically 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 numerous subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also examines the key 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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