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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are mostly free 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 a lot of topics that online education organizations are considering today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Tuvalu to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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