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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are typically 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 quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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