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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free 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 topics that elearning technology institutions are considering today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to understand these interesting new open educational ventures. Corporations want to know how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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