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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently 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 have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these compelling new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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