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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in e-learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are commonly 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 a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Costa Rica to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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