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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently 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 several topics that online learning organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Japan to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education initiatives. Scholars want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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