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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not always 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 many topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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