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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are commonly 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 a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Norfolk Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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