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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally 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 online learning technology organizations have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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