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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are mostly free 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 technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Greenland to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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