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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are commonly 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 numerous topics that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Seattle Central Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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