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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are 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 quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like New Caledonia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these interesting new open education initiatives. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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