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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for students 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 several issues that distance learning institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Guam to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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