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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online education technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for students 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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