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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in blended learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free 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 issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like American College of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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