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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in blended learning have enabled students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are 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 a variety of topics that distance learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Clipperton Island to conduct these massive open online courses? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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