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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are commonly 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 are struggling with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Nigeria to conduct these massive open online courses? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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