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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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