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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in blended learning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. 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 a variety of topics that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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