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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners 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 many issues that online education organizations must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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