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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are typically free 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 a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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