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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for humans all over the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are typically 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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