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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are customarily free 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 a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Open2Study to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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