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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in online learning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are usually 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 numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better perceive these significant new open education undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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