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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners 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 quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Ross Dependency to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open education initiatives. Corporations want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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