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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Ross Dependency to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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