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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in digital education technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are 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 technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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