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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in online learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are almost always 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 distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like French Polynesia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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