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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education technology have enabled learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free 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 several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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