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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students 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 a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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