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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology enable people all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are 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 e-learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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