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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free 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 education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these significant new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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