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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students 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 quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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