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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in blended learning technology enable students in nations all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free 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 a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. People want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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