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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in electronic educational technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are generally 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 issues that blended learning institutions must deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Emory University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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