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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are customarily 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 several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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