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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. 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 elearning technology institutions must deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to understand these exciting new open education ventures. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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