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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently 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 lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better grasp these important new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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