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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in distance learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massive open online courses are generally 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 many topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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