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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Benin to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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