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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are free for students 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 several issues that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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