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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online learning technology enable humans in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 several subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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