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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in technology-enhanced learning have enabled humans in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always 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 issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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