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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are usually 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 numerous topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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