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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are free but do not consistently 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 issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Pierre and Miquelon to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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