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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily 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. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Iceland to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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