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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in elearning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are generally free 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 a lot of topics that online education institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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