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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are normally free for students 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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