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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are usually free 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 variety of issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Universities want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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