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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic educational technology enable learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily 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 topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Nauru to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these important new open educational initiatives. Educators want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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