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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology enable learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free 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 many topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Liechtenstein to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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