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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning enable humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not 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 many subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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