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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not 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 many issues that online education institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Navassa Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these important new open education endeavours. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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