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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in e-learning are empowering people all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses are generally 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 quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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