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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic education technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free 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 numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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