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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are typically free but do not always 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 a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Aruba to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to be more aware of these fascinating new open education ventures. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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