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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are typically free for learners 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 a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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