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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in e-learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open courses are customarily 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 many topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs) Definition