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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are generally free for learners 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 a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado System to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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