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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students 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 numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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