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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in electronic education technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are usually 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 have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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