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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students 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 issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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