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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in blended learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massively open online courses are typically 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 lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these exciting new open educational ventures. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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