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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in blended learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are typically free for students 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 many issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Berklee College of Music to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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