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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in blended learning enable students in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are mostly free 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 quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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