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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online learning technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily 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 a variety of topics that online education organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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