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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in online education are making it possible for people all over the world to take online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are commonly 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 lot of topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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