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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in blended learning technology are enabling students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently 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 several topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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