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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education technology are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these new open education undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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