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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are generally free 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 numerous subjects that blended learning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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