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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free 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 many subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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