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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online education technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently 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 topics that learning technology institutions have to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Great Basin College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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