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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly 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 variety of issues that distance learning institutions are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like French Guiana to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Trainers want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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