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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning technology make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are typically free for students 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 many issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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