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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are free but do not consistently 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 many issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Marquette University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open education endeavours. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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