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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in elearning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are usually free for students 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 quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations have to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Macau to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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