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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are commonly 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 a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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