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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in electronic education technology have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not 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 e-learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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