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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online education are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive online courses are 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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