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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in blended learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are normally free 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 numerous issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. People want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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