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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in elearning technology make it possible for humans all over the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently 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 quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Ireland to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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