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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in blended learning are empowering people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly 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 numerous topics that online learning organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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