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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning have provided the means for learners in nations all aver the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are usually 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 issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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