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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently 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 issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these exciting new open education initiatives. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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