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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are 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 variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are considering today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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