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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in blended learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners 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 quite a few topics that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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