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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning technology are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Japan to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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