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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOCs are commonly free 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Bhutan to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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