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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students 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 numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Venezuela to conduct these massive open online courses? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also reviews 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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