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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in online education technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always 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 a variety of topics that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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