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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in blended learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly 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 learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Bellevue University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these important new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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