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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online education are empowering people in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not 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 variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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