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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free 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 numerous topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. People want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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