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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners 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 many subjects that learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like India to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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