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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online education technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free 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 a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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