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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in online learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are typically 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 several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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