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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning are enabling people all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners 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 numerous subjects that online learning organizations are having to consider today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guatemala to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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