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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning have enabled students all over the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always 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 variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are considering today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Renton Technical College to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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