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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic education technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners 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 variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of New Mexico to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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