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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Romania to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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