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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning enable humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students 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 many subjects that online education organizations are having to consider today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Ascension to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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