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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not 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 subjects that blended learning organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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