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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic educational technology make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are free for learners 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 lot of issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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