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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These 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 many topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Wellesley College to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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