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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in elearning technology are enabling people all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are typically 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that online education institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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