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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are generally 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations have to consider today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Croatia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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