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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic education technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are 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 quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are considering now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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