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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in blended learning technology enable humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently 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 issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Mali to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational undertakings. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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