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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not 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 lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Reunion to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education ventures. Universities want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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