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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are normally free for learners 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 e-learning organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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