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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students 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 a lot of topics that learning technology institutions must deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like New Zealand to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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