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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students 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 e-learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Zambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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