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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily 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 many issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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