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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in blended learning are making it possible for people all over the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently 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 topics that distance learning organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better understand these open education experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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