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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in online learning have empowered people all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically 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 a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Isle of Man to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Researchers want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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