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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are 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 quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Academics want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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