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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are usually 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 subjects that online education organizations are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Professors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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