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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners 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 several issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Rutgers University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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