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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in electronic educational technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are almost always 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 online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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