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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC classes are typically free for learners 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 quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. People want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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