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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly 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 institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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