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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free 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 topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. People want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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