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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are free 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 numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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