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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in elearning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are usually free 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 distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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