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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education enable students all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are free for learners 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 a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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