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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are generally 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 a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Laos to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also describes 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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