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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are normally free for students 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 a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Broward College to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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