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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners 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 many topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Broward College to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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