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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily 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 many topics that elearning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Fiji to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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