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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in blended learning enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. 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 subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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