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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online education technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous subjects that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Washington to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. People want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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