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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily 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 a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the most important 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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