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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for learners 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 a variety of issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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