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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology enable humans all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily 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. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Poland to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these exciting new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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