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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally 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 several subjects that online education institutions are considering more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Laos to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Professors want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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