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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are normally 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 distance learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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