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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in digital education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses 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 lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like India to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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