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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students 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 numerous issues that blended learning organizations are considering more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like French Polynesia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to be more aware of these new open education undertakings. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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