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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in electronic education technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free 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 numerous topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better grasp these new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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