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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology enable learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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