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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in elearning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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