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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently 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 technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kingman Reef to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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