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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in learning technology enable people all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are typically 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 a variety of topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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