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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in elearning technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always 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 blended learning institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Central Florida to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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