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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in learning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners 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 a lot of subjects that elearning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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