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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students 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 a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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