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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning technology have enabled students all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs 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 several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Baker Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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