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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning have made it possible for people all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are free for students 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 numerous topics that blended learning institutions are considering now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Chile to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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