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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for people all over the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners 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 online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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