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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for students 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 several issues that blended learning institutions are considering today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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