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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in electronic educational technology have made it possible for students all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. 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 issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education endeavours. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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