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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning enable people all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are struggling with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Rochester to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these compelling new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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