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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education make it possible for students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Martin to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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