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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always 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 variety of topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Students want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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