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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning have empowered people all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are normally free 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 a variety of issues that online education institutions must deal with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these exciting new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also researches the key 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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