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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are mostly 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 a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Romania to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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