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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in blended learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are almost always 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 quite a few subjects that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these important new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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