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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in blended learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. 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. Massive open online courses are generally 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 subjects that online learning technology institutions are considering now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Suriname to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these exciting new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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