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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently 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 several topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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