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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are 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 many issues that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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