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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology are enabling students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for learners 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 a lot of issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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