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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in online learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically 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 quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better grasp these promising new open education endeavours. Students want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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