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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are generally 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 several issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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