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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not always 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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