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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are commonly 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 numerous issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Iran to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to understand these intriguing new open education initiatives. Academics want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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