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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly 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 several topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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