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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for learners 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. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also researches 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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