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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always 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 many subjects that blended learning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Vanderbilt University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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