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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning technology make it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically 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 subjects that online education organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Japan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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