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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners 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 a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Corporations want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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