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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually 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 elearning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Samoa to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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