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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in elearning are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC 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 numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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