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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 many subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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