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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are typically free for students 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational ventures. Educators want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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