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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly 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 quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these open education initiatives. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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