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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are mostly free for students 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 subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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