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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly 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 quite a few topics that online education organizations are considering now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like New Zealand to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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