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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online education are enabling students all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these compelling new open education endeavours. Teachers want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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