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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Liberia to conduct these massively open online courses? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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