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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are normally free for students 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. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Gambia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Teachers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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