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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually 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 a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Netherlands Antilles to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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