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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are typically 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 a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Argentina to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open education ventures. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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