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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of New Mexico to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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