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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning enable people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for students 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing demand for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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