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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free 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 have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Tokelau to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open education initiatives. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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