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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are generally 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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