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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in e-learning technology make it possible for students all over the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently 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 e-learning institutions must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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