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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not 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 online learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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