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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for learners 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 many topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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