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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online education technology are empowering people all over the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are usually free for learners 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 organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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