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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning are making it possible for humans all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free 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 topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Houston System to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better understand these important new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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