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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently 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 education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to better grasp these compelling new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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