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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in elearning enable people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students 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 many issues that online education organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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