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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in elearning technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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