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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online learning technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally 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 several issues that blended learning institutions must deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like American Samoa to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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