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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are normally 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 many issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Ecuador to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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