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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in distance learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not always 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 many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Dominica to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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