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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily 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. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these open educational endeavours. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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