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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online education technology enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are typically free for students 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 several topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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