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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning have made it possible for students all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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