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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always 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 issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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