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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOCs are customarily 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 many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. People want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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