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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly 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 many subjects that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Pierre and Miquelon to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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