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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online learning are enabling people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are generally 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 elearning technology institutions are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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