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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are generally free for students 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 numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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