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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning technology have enabled students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free 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 quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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