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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free 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 a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these open education ventures. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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