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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are ordinarily 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. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these new open education ventures. Public servants want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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