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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning enable learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are 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 a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these important new open education ventures. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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