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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in blended learning technology are enabling humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online 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 many issues that elearning organizations have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Togo to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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