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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in blended learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily 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. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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