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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are commonly 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 many topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Tokelau to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open educational undertakings. Professors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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