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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are usually 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 many subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open education undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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