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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in electronic education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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