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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students 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 numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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