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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are usually 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 numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Corporations want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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