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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in electronic education technology have empowered humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally 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 variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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