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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not 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 numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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