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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online learning have empowered learners all over the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are generally 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 a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these new open educational undertakings. Professors want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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